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Show TILDEN THL OROWina 10WER OF THE CAMPAIGN. The Herald received on Timrrfday some thirty or forty pages of pre reports, principally devoted to tbo matter of Tilden'a incorno tax. Sumo newspapers charged Uovornor Tildrn with defrauding tho inconm tux ruv-cnuo ruv-cnuo in the year Wl, and Hi at h-committed h-committed perjury in making and wearing lo a false statement of hi ources of income during that y;ar. Judge Sinnot, Tildcn's conlidcntiul clerk in publinhed a statement in refutation of thrso charges, in which aro Ppflcifically point'-d out tho falio i'.ciis and coridit'.iuiis 1 of the newspaper reports, showing that some of the items are wholly fictitious and others partially bo; that as to others the money received was for work performed in previous years. Of thirteen items published, Judge Sinnot says only one is correct. He adds that "every fact within his knowledge confirms tho good faith and adequacy of the returns which wero verified by the affidavit affi-davit of one who for more than a generation had lived a life so pure and blameless that the breath of calumny had failed to touch him, until by the general voice of a great party be had become their candidate I for tho higiieat office in the gift of the people." The full statement of Judce Sinnot is very lengthy, and hut a synopsis of it has been telegraphed to the press, though the agent has sent copious installments of editorial comments of tho New York and Chicago journals, which regard the statement according accord-ing to their party prejudices. The World and Sun and the Chicago Times endorse it asacomplote vindication vindi-cation of Mr. Tilden from the false attacks upon him, and the New York Times and Tribune and Chicago Tribune regard it as a bold evasion of the conclusive charges of fraud and perjury. The non - partisan papers nenerally admit tho strength of Tilden'a Til-den'a showing. The Now York Times promises that other witnesses to Tilden'a duplicity shall be forthcoming. forth-coming. Some of the democratic-papers democratic-papers refer to the seeming aid whichi the administration has been ready to afford the partisan calumniators calumni-ators of a public man in their boseless attacks for campaign purposes. It appears that- the revenue department, depart-ment, while furnishing Tilden'a tax papers to the republicans, refused to comply with Hewitt's request for copies of both Tilden'a and Hayes' documents. The Suit says: "The fac simile ot Tildcn's income return, published by the 7i'ij, indicates very .clearly a conspiracy against Tilden on the pari ot certain federal officeholders office-holders in which they use their power as the agents of the government govern-ment to propagate false and groundless ground-less charges against an esteemed citizen simply because he has heen nominated as a candidate for president." presi-dent." Toe tactics of the republican party in attempting to place the democrats on the defensive, thereby to an extent dodging the exposure of itd own official offi-cial record, are by no means novel. Such a line of campaign hat heen frequently resorted to, sometimes with marked success; but its weakness weak-ness in this oanvass is evident, fir no amount of personal detraction against the democratic candidates can hide the ugly facts which enow gross mii-managemeut mii-managemeut in the administration of the government, pariiiin favoritism, extravagant expenditure and the continued con-tinued pursuit of a policy which has demoralized the public . service, paralyzed para-lyzed the productive interests and 1 impoverished the bulk of the people while building up a few immense fortunes Personal abuso and cl.wuor : have comparatively linl'i weight ;n presidential campaigns. Same of Our older readers may recollect tbo incidents inci-dents ot the Jackson enmpaigu. So candidate for office was ever eo Utter ly assailfd, yet no aspirant (or the presidency has been so triumphantly sustained and vindicated by the people. Indeed, it seems to ho a ie'.iled (act in the history of our political po-litical campaign) that the abuse of a candidate is graduated acrrordiiig tu his strength and popularity. A strong and popular man rq'iires a ! greater efbrt lo dcTuat l.ioj, and ifl his public career is invulnorahle, hb private character is mv.le to bear tho brunt of the attack. In the present canvass tho republican repub-lican party has the double disadvantage disadvan-tage ot being weak and wanting in ail the elements where tho country requires strength and positive character, char-acter, and of being opposrd by a candidal? who is especially strong in thc-30 re-ipecti, and backed by a party committed lo the work of radical reform in all departments depart-ments of tho government. Those facta cannnt fail to t'.ll on the day of election, and tho crazy tfljrts of the administration forces '.o impeach im-peach Tildon peron.i!iy mow tntir own estimate of their wciiint- !, their wanms' confidence in the ''bluodv shirt" issue, and their anxiety to avoid a reference to the record of the republican party for the last ten j years. |